Bio

Philip Tsiarasis an international Greek artist who lives and works in New York City. Since 1974 he made more than 80 one-person exhibitions, including: Seattle Museum of Art, The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Mannheimer Kunstverien, Mannheim, Bernier Gallery, Athens, Studio Palazzoli, Milan, Shea & Beker Gallery, New York, Margulies/Taplin Gallery, Miami, Tegnerforbundet Gallery. Oslo, Museum Santa Apollonia, Venice, Gallerie Dominion, Montreal,  Swank/ The Regency-Intercontinental, Hong Kong, Newport Art Museum, R.I., Villa Reale, Monza, The Currier Museum, N.H., Spazio Cavallieri di Malta, Syracusa, Pinakotech of the Cyclades, Syros, International Contemporary Art Fair, Istanbul, Bienalle of Photography, Torino, De Novo Gallery, Sun Valley, Cento St. Benin, Aosta, Pinakotech of Ithaca, Museum of Contemporary Art, Crete, Museum of Photography, Thessaloniki, Stella Art Foundation, Moscow, Museum of Modern Art, Shenzhen.

Tsiaras works in a great range of media--painting, photography, glass, ceramic, and bronze. He has exhibited in the Venice Biennale three times and produced a ten foot bronze sculpture on the Grand Canal entitled “Social Climber”.

Philip Tsiaras has been the recipient of many national prizes: The American Academy Award for Poetry, The Thomas Watson Fellowship, New York State C.A.P.S grant, two N.E.A. National Endowment Grants for Arts, nomination for the Blickle Stiftung International Photography Prize, Germany and The Generali Assicurazioni Gold Metal Award for “Civilita” Venice.

Philip Tsiaras’ works are widely collected in corporate, private and important museum collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Fifteen books and catalogues are attributed to his work, most notably monographs published  by Electa and Mondadori books, and a book of photographs entitled, “Family Album” published by Contrasto, Rome. A recent 30 year retropsective of photography entitled Philip Tsiaras- SUPEREAL was published by the Muesum of Photography Thessaloniki.

Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions

2015

• "Philip Tsiaras-The Universe of Things", The Blender Gallery, Athens, Greece
• "Ying Yang Me and The Universe of Things", Grand gallery, 317 Grand Street, NY

2014

• “Spheres and Photos”, Shenzhen Museum of Art, Shenzhen, China
• “Philip Tsiaras - Yin, Yang, & Me”, MANA Contemporary, Jersey City, New Jersey
• “European Treasures”, 12 Star Gallery, Europe House, London, England
• “Philip Tsiaras - New Works”, MANA Contemporary, Jersey City, New Jersey

2013

• “Philip Tsiaras - SUPEREAL”, Stella Art Foundation, Moscow, Russia
• “Horse Boy”, Municipal Art Center, The Island of Ithaca, Greece
• “Acqua Antica”, Rhethymo Museum of Contemporary Art, Crete,

2012

• “The Parade”, DeNovo Gallery, Sun Valley, Idaho

2011

• “Acqua Antica”, Donopoulos International Fine Arts, Thessaloniki, Greece

2009

• “Detournement”, Venice Biennale, Ca’ Zanardi, Venice, Italy
• “Supereal”, Museum of Photography, Thessaloniki, Greece
• “Glass Guns”, Donopoulos International Fine Arts, Thessaloniki, Greece

2008

• “Philip Tsiaras, New Work”, Galeri Artist, Cukurcuma, Istanbul Turkey
• “Glassy Sultans”, Zazu, Bodrum, Turkey
• “Mediterrania”, Gallery DeNovo, Sun Valley, Idaho

2007

• “Horse Boy”, Gallery DeNovo, Sun Valley, Idaho
• “Sandwiches”, Galeri Artist- Galleria Blanchaert, Istanbul, Turkey

2006

• “Istanbul Contemporary Art Fair”, Galeri Artist- Galleria Blanchaert, Istanbul, Turkey
• “Atlantis”, Artforum Cultural Foundation, Sani Art Center, Chalkidiki, Greece

2004

• “Ancient-Modern”, The Maliotis Cultural Center, Brookline, MA

2003

• “Transparent Mirrors”, Scuola dei Mercanti, Campo Madonna dell’Orto, Venice, Italy
• “Transparent Spaces”, Thessaloniki Museum of Contemporary Art Centre, Greece
• “Transparent Spaces”, Larissa Contemporary Art Centre, Larissa, Greece

2002

• Swank/The Regency-Intercontinental, Kowloon, Hong Kong
• Consulate General of Greece, New York, NY
• “Horse Boy”, Spazio Pisa, Milano, Italy
• “Il Signore degli elementi”, Spazio San Carpoforo, Milano, Italy

2001

• “Container”, Schola dell’Arte dei Tiraoro e Battioro, Venice, Italy
• Pauly & C. Galleria del vetro, Venezia, Italy
• Sala degli Stemmi Municipio, Palio di Feltre, Feltre, Italy
• “Equus”, Blue Streak Gallery, Wilmington, DE

1999

• “American Odyssey”, Serrone della Villa Reale, Monza, Italy
• “Without Logic”, Athletic Manhattan Club, New York, NY

1998

• Galerie Dominion, Montreal, Canada

1997

• National Arts Club, Gramercy Park, New York, NY
• Art Core, Toronto, Canada
• Art is Vital, Calgary, Canada
• E Day Galley, Kingston, Canada
• Inkfish Gallery, Denver, Colorado

1996

• “Horses”, Bayat Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
• Centro St. Benin, Aosta, Italy
• Galerie Georgadea, Voula, Greece
• Contemporary Art Fair, (Titanium) Athens, Greece

1995

• Museo Santa Apollonia, Venice, Italy (Biennale)
• “La Save”, Marco Polo Airport, Ceremonial Hall, Venice, Italy
• Ex Chiesa dei Cavalieri di Malta, Siracusa, Italy
• Michele Moscow Miller, New York, NY
• Aria Gallery, “Acqua Antica”, Cephalonia, Greece

1994

• “Airplanes and Ceramic”, Mannheimer Kunstverein, Mannheim, Germany
• Thomas Rehbein Gallery, Köln, Germany
• Tegnerforbundet Galleri , Oslo, Norway
• Galerie Brigitte Wagner, Bonn, Germany

1993

• Jack Wright Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
• Gallery Ierimonti, Milan, Italy
• “Horses”, Inkfish Gallery, Denver, CO

1992

• The Currier Museum, Manchester, NH
• Hirmer Arte Contemporanea, Greve in Chianti, Italy
• Galerie Titanium, Athens, Greece 1991

1991

• Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI
• “Prints & Monoprints”, Carol Getz Gallery, Coconut Grove, FL
• Margulies-Taplin Gallery, Miami, FL
• Tavelli Gallery, Aspen, CO

1990

• Art Consultants West Gallery, San Diego, CA

1989

• Shea & Beker Gallery, New York, NY
• Inkfish Gallery, Denver, CO
• Richard Green Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
• Greene Gallery, Miami, FL

1988

• Shea & Beker Gallery, New York, NY
• “Figura”, Philip Tsiaras New Editions, New York, NY
• Inkfish Gallery, Denver, CO

1987

• Figura Gallery, New York, NY
• Greathouse Gallery, New York, NY
• Matthew Scott Gallery, South Miami, Florida
• South Campus Art Gallery, Miami-Dade Community Collage, Miami, Florida

1986

• “Philip Tsiaras Prints”, Galery 72, Omaha, NE
• Paris Green Gallery, La Jolla, CA
• Miami Dade Collage, Miami, FL
• Inkfish Gallery, Denver, CO
• Gloria Luria Gallery, Miami, FL

1985

• Getler/Saper Gallery, New York, NY
• “Figura”, Philip Tsiaras New Etchings, New York, NY

1984

• Oggi-Domani Gallery, New York, NY
• “Liquid Portraits – Stiff Horse Drawings”, Harm Bouckaert Gallery, New York, NY.
• Jean Bernier Gallery, Athens, Greece

1983

• Galleria Agorà, Turin, Italy

1982

• Jacobson/Hochman Gallery, New York, NY

1981

• Studio Palazzoli, Milan, Italy

1980

• Haber/Theodore Gallery, New York, NY
• Photoworks 1980-1990, Tribeca Gallery, New York, NY

1979

• Marion Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

1978

• University of Massachusetts Museum of Modern Art, MA

1977

• Jean Bernier Gallery, Athens, Greece

1976

• Seattle Museum of Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA

1975

• Amherst College, Amherst, MA

1974

• Amherst College, Amherst, MA

Group Exhibitions

2015

• Zatoka Sztuki, Sopot, Poland
• "Timelessness", Aria Art Gallery, Firenze, Italy
• "Colors of Greece in The Hamptons", The Muses, Southhampton, NY
• "Ithaka Returned", The Blender gallery, Athens, Greece
• “Sliced Apple”, Fo Kia Nou 24/7, Athens, Greece
• “Art-Athina”, Donopoulos International Fine Arts, Thessaloniki, Greece
• “Summer Exhibition”, Donopoulos International Fine Arts, Thessaloniki, Greece

2014

• “Affordable Art Fair”, Mark Hachem Gallery, London, England
• “Art-Athina”, Donopoulos International Fine Arts, Thessaloniki, Greece
• "Art Palm Beach", Glenn Aber Contemporary Art, Palm Beach, FL
• “Summer Exhibition”, Donopoulos International Fine Arts, Thessaloniki, Greece

2013

• "Ithaca Returned", Philip Tsiaras and Christoforos Doulgeris, Ithaca, Greece
• “Mykonos Biennale 2013 - Destination - Crisis and Paganism”, Lydia Venieri, Mykonos and Delos, Greece
• "Sofa", Glenn Aber Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
• “Art-Athina”, Donopoulos International Fine Arts, Thessaloniki, Greece
• "Spectrum", Glenn Aber Contemporary Art, New York, NY
• “Summer Exhibition”, Donopoulos International Fine Arts, Thessaloniki, Greece

2012

• "Hampton's Contemporary Art Fair", Glenn Aber Contemporary Art, South Hampton, NY
• “Art-Athina”, Donopoulos International Fine Arts, Thessaloniki, Greece
• “Summer Exhibition”, Donopoulos International Fine Arts, Thessaloniki, Greece

2011

• “Animal”, Donopoulos Fine Arts, Thessaloniki, Greece
• “Art-Athina”, Donopoulos International Fine Arts, Thessaloniki, Greece
• “Works on Paper”, Donopoulos International Fine Arts, Thessaloniki, Greece
• “Summer Exhibition”, Donopoulos International Fine Arts, Thessaloniki, Greece

2010

• “Summer Exhibition”, Donopoulos International Fine Arts, Thessaloniki, Greece

2009

• “Family Album - Detournement”, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
• “Summer Exhibition”, Donopoulos International Fine Arts, Thessaloniki, Greece

2008

• “3 Artists”, Istanbul Contemporary Art Fair, Turkey
• “Summer Exhibition”, Donopoulos International Fine Arts, Thessaloniki, Greece

2007

• “Accrochage”, Kouros Gallery, New York, N. Y.
• “All Creatures Great and Small”, William Vareika Fine Arts, Newport R.I.
• “Heterotopias” Thessaloniki Biennale Of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece
• “Itahca Regained, Greek Artists in New York” Kouros Gallery, New York, NY

2006

• “Masquerades” State Museum Of Contemporary Art, Salonika, Greece
• “International Contemporary Artists” Vareika Gallery, Newport, RI

2005

• “Venice Now” Save Venice Inc. and Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, New York, NY

2004

• Bugno Gallery,Venice, Italy
• “Tsatsis Project” International Greek Artists, Thessaloniki, Greece

2003

• “Transitional Dialogues”, Andre Zarre Gallery, New York, NY
• “Crisis Response”, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

2002

• “Glass & Ceramics” Galleria Blanchaert, Milano, Italy

2001

• “Materia Difforme”, La Fornace di Asolo, Asolo, Italy
• “Terrae – 5 Ceramisti Contemporanei”, Palazzo Guarnieri, Feltre, Italy

2000

• “Modern Odysseys: Greek American Artist of the 20thCentury”, State Museum of Contemporary Art, Salonika, Greece.

1999

• “Modern Odysseys: Greek American Artists of the 20thCentury”, The Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY.
• “New Faces”, Foundation for Hellenic Culture, New York, NY
• “Shoes, shoes, shoes”, Frederieke Taylor/TZ’Art Gallery, New York, NY
• “Ego Alter Ego”, Nassauischer Kunstverein Wiesbaden, Germany

1998

• “Rose Esagerate”, Spazio San Carpoforo, Milan, Italy

1997

• “Ovunque posa l’occhio è l’incanto”, Borgo di Ruffoli, Chianti, Italy
• “Rumors”, Comune Di Milano, Italy

1996

• “Dal Progetto all’Opera”, The Landon Gallery, New York, NY

1995

• “Bloom”, Christinerose Gallery, New York, NY

1994

• "Visions of Self', Blue Streak Gallery, Delaware
• “Cinderella’s Revenge”, Christinerose Gallery, New York, NY
• “Myths & Mysticism”, Gotlands Konst Museum, Gotland, Sweden
• “Blickle Stiftung Prize,’94 International Photography”,Kraichtal, Germany
• “Domus”, Galerie Kasten & Steinmetz, Mannheim, Germany

1993

• “The Return of the Cadavre Exquis”, The Drawing Center, Cristinerose Gallery, New York, NY.
• “Disegnodiverso”, Stubbss Books&Prints, New York, NY
• “Scarperentola”, Idea Books Gallery, Milan, Italy
• “International Critics’ Choice”, Mitchell Museum and Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.
• “American Figurative Art”, Sherry French Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
• “The Private Eye”, Delaware Art Museum, DE

1992

• Hirmer Arte Contemporanea, Cologne Art Fair
• “Still Life / Real Life”, Sherry French Gallery, Palm Beach, FL

1991

• “Artists New To The Gallery”, Virginia Lynch Gallery, Tiverton, RI
• “The Kooning Tsiaras, Mitoraj”, Tavelli Gallery, Aspen, CO

1990

• “Expressionism”, Barbara Greene Gallery, Miami, FL
• “Openings”, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA
• “Works on Paper/Prints”, Shea & Beker Gallery, New York, NY
• “Masterpieces of 20thCentury Art from the Currier”, The Currier Museum, NH

1989

• “Slaves of New York”, The Gallery, New York, NY
• “Don’t Bungle the Jungle”, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, NY
• “Painting Beyond the Death of Painting”, curated by Donald Kuspit, Moscow, Russia.
• “Invitational”, Shea & Beker Gallery, New York, NY

1988

• “Contemporary Masters”, Richard Green Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
• “Sculpture Invitational”, Minos Beach, Crete, Greece
• “Bodily Motion”, Rose Building, Athens, Greece
• “Borderline II”, Convento di Bosco in Fratti , Florence, Italy

1987

• “Assemblage”, Greathouse Gallery, New York, NY
• Myth & Consequence, Greathouse Gallery, New York, NY
• “Lust”, M-13 Gallery, New York, NY (Curator)

1986

• “Opulence”, Greathouse Gallery, New York, NY
• “Smallroom”, M-13 Gallery, New York, NY
• “Myth”, Greathouse Gallery, New York, NY
• “Correspondence”, Laforet Museum, Harajuku, Tokyo, Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts, Tochigi Tazaki Hall Espace Media, Kobe, Japan

1984

• “Body Politic”, Tower gallery, New York, NY
• “Limbo”, P.S.1, Long Island City, NY
• “Chill Out”, Ken Kaleba Gallery, New York, NY

1983

• “Dreams, Demons, Madness”, Alternative Museum, New York, NY
• “Discoveries”, Harm Bouckaert Gallery, New York, NY
• “The American Caldron”, Kouros Gallery, New York, NY
• “Photographs”, 411-12 Gallery, New York, NY
• “Intoxication”, Monique Knoltown Gallery, New York, NY
• “Saints”, Harm Bouckaert Gallery, New York, NY

1982

• “The Erotic Impulse”, Roger Litz Gallery, New York, NY

1980

• Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY
• Lake Placid School of Art
• Munson Williams Procter Institute
• Mid-Hidson Arts and Science Center, Poughkeepsie, NY
• Nikon House, Rockefeller Center, New York, NY

1979

• Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI

1978

• Permanent Collection, University of Massachusetts Museum of Art, Amherst, MA.